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the best varieties at present in commerce. They are the pick of my own 
collection, which is a large and representative one. Lists A, B, and C 
contain kinds which are easily grown, and they are progressive in the 
matter of expense ; list D contains very beautiful kinds indispensable to 
a fine collection, but of delicate or uncertain constitution. List E is 
made up of a few very expensive but exceedingly fine varieties which 
being all of tried and first-rate constitution are really a good investment. 
Numbers from 1 to 6 are added in brackets after each name to show 
roughly the relative time of flowering. I think they will be found fairly 
correct and a useful guide. 
The Five Lists. 
A. — Twenty-five cheap and very good sorts of which only the first is of 
at all uncertain constitution. 
Daffodils — 
Golden Spur.—-k large flower of deep rich self-yellow and beautiful 
form, very early ; of rather uncertain constitution ; should be grown 
without manure in fibrous maiden loam (1). 
Emperor. — A large stately flower of light yellow colour (3). 
P. B. Barr. — Very similar to 'Emperor,' but later; is smaller and 
has a flower of more refined form (4). 
Bicolor Princeps. — One of the earliest bicolors ; very useful. It also 
does remark ibly well in a cold frame (1). 
Bicolor Horsfield or Bicolor Empress. — These are very similar. I 
prefer ' Horsfield.' It is about a week earlier than ' Empress,' and is 
rather more graceful in form, but the flower of * Empress ' has more 
substance and lasts rather longer (2). 
Bicolor Grandee. — Flowers in succession to ' Horsfield ' and ' Empress,' 
to which it is similar; late and very fine (5). 
W. P. Milner.—k dwarf, sulphur-coloured Daffodil changing to white ; 
Taluable both for its elegance and its good constitution (3). 
Stae Narcissi — 
Incomparabilis Queen Bess.—Hho, earliest of the Star Narcissi (1). 
Incomparabilis Sir Watkin. — A gigantic light yellow flower ; a little 
■coarse in form, but very showy, and invaluable for decorative purposes (2). 
Incomparabilis Cynosure. — -White, with red-stained cup, or Incomp. 
GirytJier, yellow, with orange-stained cup (3). 
Incomparabilis Autocrat and Incomparabilis Frank Miles. — Two 
remarkably fine forms of self -yellow Incomparables, quite distinct from 
•each other (3). 
Incomparabilis King of the Netherlands. — A strong-growing, showy, 
rather late flower (4). 
Barrii Orphce. — The earliest of the beautiful Barri section (3). 
Barrii Conspicnus. — A lovely pale yellow flower with crimson-edged 
cup ; probably the most useful of all the Narcissi, regard being had to its 
beauty, good constitution, and rapid increase (4). 
Leedsii Minnie Hume. — A most lovely white flower ; the lemon- 
coloured cup changes gradually to pure white (3). 
